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Email

jianchang.yang@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Alkek Building for Biomedical Research (Lab)

One Baylor Plaza
Suite 411
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from Charité University Medicine Berlin

Berlin

MS from Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences

Guangzhou

MD from XinJiang University

Urumqi

Honors & Awards

“Super Scientist” Recognition Award

Epigentek Group Inc.

Research Scholar Grant

American Cancer Society

Scholar Award

American Society of Hematology

LLS Special Fellowship

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Professional Interests

• Cardiac progenitor regulation and direct cellular reprogramming
• epigenetic mechanisms of gene expression
• Normal and leukemic hematopoietic stem cell regulation
• Embryonic stem cells (ESCs)
• Generation of patient-specific pluripotent progenitor cells (iPS) for clinical therapies

Professional Statement

Jianchang Yang received his MD from XinJiang University of Medical Sciences, MS of Medical Biochemistry from Sun Yat-sen University in China, and his degree in Molecular Cardiology from Charite University Medicine (Berlin)-magna cum laude. His research interests include normal and leukemic hematopoietic stem cell regulation, cardiac progenitor cell and cellular reprogramming, epigenetic control of gene expression, ES cells, generation of patient-specific pluripotent progenitor cells for clinical therapies.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Liu L, Liu L, Leung L, Cooney A, Chen C, Rosengart T, Ma Y, Yang J "." J Biol Chem.; Pubmed PMID:
• Mathison M, Singh VP, Gersch RP, Ramirez MO, Cooney A, Kaminsky SM, Chiuchiolo MJ, Nasser A, Yang J, Crystal RG, Rosengart TK "." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.; Pubmed PMID:
• Liu L, Souto J, Liao W, Jiang Y, Li Y, Nishinakamura R, Huang S, Rosengart T, Yang VW, Schuster M, Ma Y, Yang J "." J Biol Chem.; Pubmed PMID:
• Mathison M, Gersch R, Nasser A, Lilo S, Korman M, Fourman M, Hackett N, Yang J, Shroyer K, Ma Y, Crystal R, Rosengart T "." J Am Heart Assoc.; Pubmed PMID: